Tag: novel

The Makioka Sisters Author: Junichiro Tanizaki "In Osaka in the years immediately before World War II, four aristocratic women try to preserve a way of life...

Les Miserables Author: Victor Hugo Translation: Julie Rose We know, we know... Why should you actually read this 150-year-old classic, when there are various film versions, a TV...

Skippy Dies Author: Paul Murray "Why Skippy dies and what happens next is the subject of this dazzling and uproarious novel, unraveling a mystery that links...

One Day Author: David Nicholls We hereby admit to a journey which started with a canceled flight and a somewhat embarrassed airport book purchase (granted, the...

Land of Decoration Author: Grace McCleen "In Grace McCleen's harrowing, powerful debut, she introduces an unforgettable heroine in ten-year-old Judith McPherson, a young believer who sees...

Fifty Shades of Grey - Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy Author: E. L. James "When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur...

The Invisible Ones A Novel by Stef Penney, Bestselling Author of The Tenderness of Wolfes "Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a...

Coral Glynn A Novel by Peter Cameron "Coral Glynn arrives at Hart House, an isolated manse in the English countryside, early in the very wet spring...

At Last A novel by Edward St. Aubyn "As readers of Edward St. Aubyn's extraordinary earlier works—Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and the Man Booker...

Solo Author: Rana Dasgupta "With imaginative audacity and lyrical brilliance, Rana Dasgupta paints a portrait of a century through the story of a hundred-year-old blind Bulgarian...

Book: By Blood A novel by Ellen Ullman "The award-winning writer returns with a major, absorbing, atmospheric novel that takes on the most dramatic and profoundly...

Norumbega Park Author: Anthony Giardina "Norumbega Park—by Anthony Giardina, the critically acclaimed author of White Guys—is about class and parental dreams, sex and spirituality, the way...